Bilytske Explained

Settlement Type:City
Official Name:Bilytske
Native Name:Білицьке
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Donetsk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Pokrovsk Raion
Population Total:7764
Population As Of:2022
Established Title:Founded
Coordinates:48.4°N 48°W
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Dobropillia urban hromada

Bilytske (pronounced as /uk/;) is a city in Dobropillia urban hromada, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population:

History

During the Second World War, from November 1941 to 1943, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops.

In December 1966, the urban-type settlement became a city.[1]

In 1980s the basis of the economy was coal mining.[2] In January 1989, the population of the city was 11.6 thousand people[3]

In January 2013 the population was 8,691 people.[4]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Белицкое // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 3. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1970.
  2. Белицкое // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.122
  3. Белицкое // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1991. стр.120
  4. Web site: Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. . 2021-08-16 . 2013-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013028/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Home . ukrcensus.gov.ua.